St Genevieves Academy - Le Flambeau Yearbook (Asheville, NC)

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THE SHARP SHOOTERS Kodak Club ''P1'Cf7Ul'c'tI1lIc'SSH is the thing. Carry your Clzulmfs with you. Keep them lnadvd with good Him-. Be prepared to take at Jimi anywhere at St. Genevieve's NO BARRED ZONE. Target shooting begins at mm Y cameras Eqzzijmzmzt -1 films and I L five proofs of skill. Rvmnts to be mustered in the first week in October. Rm'r111'f1'1Lg OfHc'f'r, R. STELLING

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,.. X L ,Q ff v If fi 1 X ff ff X ' I f7'W if ff ffl f 7 f ,H A 1 r-rf in'i f7fs. 5--.'wQJ'Xf 'XR 1 , , f' f -1 . ,,,,-.y e n-, J ,,,, i . gg - if . 1' The Alumnae T was on the eighth of June, 1916- the day after the Class of '16 had said good-bye-that we alumnae met, in response to Mother Lorin's invitation, to form our Alumnae Association. Though some of us were unable to come, each class was represented, back to the first graduates who knew and loved the school when it was just start- ing on its march to victory. In eight years we have graduated from our be- loved Alma Mater enough girls to form an association that will bind us together and inspire us to continue the life work which began on ourCommencement Day. Mother Lorin, Madame Gannon, Madame Monk and Madame Mac- Swiney were present, and after an in- teresting informal talk with our Rev- erend Mother, we elected our officers for the ensuing year, as well as a Board of Councilors. The officers elected were: Frances Stanton, A. B., 1916 ........ President Elkhart, Ind. Frances Hill, A. B., 1916 ....... Vice-President Huntington, W. Va. Mary Reeves, 1916 ......,....1....1 Secretary Acton, N. C. Association Nellie Zimmerman, Lycee, 1916 ..... Treasurer Asheville, N. C. Adelaide Merrimon, 1915 ...,.1.,,.. Historian Asheville, N. C. The following were made Councilors: Frances Artz, 1915, Old Fort, N. C. Nellie Belote, 1915, Asheville, N. C. Mary Gibson, 1916, Charleston, S. C. Rebecca Cushing, 1915, Fletcher, N. C. It was decided that future reunions be held the day after Commencement Exercises. This ended the business meeting, and we spent the rest of our day revisiting our old haunts and getting the latest news of school life. At half-past one our first Alumnae banquet was served, after which we were entertained by some of our more talented members. As new members are added and our strength increases year by year, we in- tend to do great things. At present, one of our hopes is to establish a scholar- ship. For ourselves, we know that this tangible binding together will be a force to keep alive those high ideals and as- pirations which were before us in our school days and which we wish always to have in our hearts.

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F1 sf iltsthr QQ1.lmca1 ng Sp emi This is the club that we started To study untoward events, And widen the vistas of knowledge According to different bents. We've studied the Moderns and Ancients Who've written in verse and in prose, Our aims we have given no limit But culled wheresoever we chose. Our Club we consider the finest Existing throughout all the land And we, who make up its fine members Are the jolliest kind of a band! - A-A'-'A-'AAAAAA-A ---Y-A--:bc ll ll ll ll ll ll ll Might I give counsel to any young man, I ll 1: would say to him, try to frequent the company 0 of your betters. In books and in life, that is ll Ji the most wholesome society: learn to admire 4: rightly: the great pleasure of life is that. Note U ll what great men admire, they admire great ll 1: thinks: narrow lpirits admire basely, and U worship meunly. William Makepeace Thack- ll ll eray. ll ll ll ll U tlrw AAYF- --- YYYY -Km, YY-Y Y--JAiifll With this great idea before us and realizing that Heaven helps those who help themselves, we, the students of St. Ge-nevieve's, deciding to frequent the company of our literary betters, formed in October, 1910, The Hillside Literary Society. This is not a cosmetic society, that is,-we are not content with merely lay- ing on bits of knowledge, but endeavor to instill into the hearts of each member the greatest love for the greatest litera- ture of both ancient and modern times. At iirst only the College Students composed the club, but they, unselnshly wishing to admit to the advantages and pleasures of their Society, some of their sisters who had not yet reached that beautiful state-or shall I say, struggle? -voted the graduating class of the Academy eligible. The President is one of the Nuns, Madame MacSwiney, who is ever sure of the heartiest co-operation of Reverend Mother Lorin in every ef- fort to raise still higher the high stand- ard now claimed by our Society. Nor must we fail to mention the following as secretaries, each of whom has ably assisted: Miss Janie Jones, 1910-1911. Miss Sara Walker, now Mrs. Henry Dutton, Jr., 1911-1912. Miss Pauline Bivings, 1912-1913. Miss Marion Dewey, 1913-1914. Miss Nellie Zimmerman, 1914-1916. At our first meeting, held one balmy October day, in the little room at Hill- side, the memories of which are so dear to the hearts of all the old girls, our beloved Mother Deplanck read the open- ing paper, 'fDull Girls and Brightlf' She always encouraged and faithfully supported us, giving, in spite of her hundreds of worries and works, that in-